How Disneyland workers dress the part

Employees at the Disneyland Resort are known as "cast members," and just like those playing roles in a movie or a play, they wear costumes to look the part.

The costumes can be that of a butler or a maid for Disneyland's Haunted Mansion, or a bellhop at Disney California Adventure's Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.

The resort provides the employees with their costumes – in fact, they can get a clean one every day at its Cast Costuming Department.

Located in a two-story structure between the two theme parks, cast members enter the building through a set of doors where they "check in" their dirty costumes, then go "shopping" for their clean ones.

It's called shopping, but that's a euphemism for the cast members helping themselves find the correct costume for their role.

To help the workers, there are plastic cards that provide details of the costume for their particular role for the day, and where they can find it.

There are other employees to assist with check in and check out, plus any sizing or repair issues, such as a lost button. They also make sure cast members have everything their costume is required to have, including scarves, hats, belts and shoes.

Cast members are allowed to take their costumes home and clean them themselves, and many do, though those working in foods or custodial frequently do not, as they are the hardest costumes to clean.